484 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Ferruginous-brown. Head pure white, densely 

 clothed. Palpi, pectus, abdomen and legs gilded yellow. Palpi 

 diverging, black on the outer side, except at the tips; third joint 

 much shorter than the second. Antennas much shorter than the 

 fore wings. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Hind tibial thickly fringed ; tarsi with brown rings. Wings mode- 

 rately broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with several 

 black points and speckles ; a very large white patch near the base, 

 and a smaller one extending from the middle of the costa to the 

 disk ; some very small and irregular white marks behind the second 

 patch and towards the tip of the wing; fringe dark brown, with a 

 white mark in the middle; exterior border slightly convex, very 

 oblique. Hind wings purplish cinereous; fringe long, gilded 

 yellow. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



New Zealand. 



95. Tinea certella. 



Fcsm. Fusco-cinerea ; palpi pallide cinerei, capitis latitudine 

 non longiores ; alee anticce acuta, albido-cinerece, fusco con- 

 spersce, vitta lata subcostali bis incisa lineaque submarginali 

 denticulata fuscis ; posticce purpureo-cenece. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Palpi pale cinereous, diverging, 

 not longer than the breadth of the head; third joint very much 

 shorter than the second. Antennae slender, smooth, much shorter 

 than the fore wings. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings long, narrow, aeneous beneath. Fore wings 

 acute, whitish cinereous, minutely brown-speckled, with a broad 

 brown stripe, which extends along the costa to nearly three-fourths 

 of the length, and occupies more than half the breadth ; two ex- 

 cavations on the hind side of the stripe, which terminates abruptly ; 

 a denticulated submarginal brown line ; exterior border very oblique. 

 Hind wings purplish aeneous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



